Re: Truncating lines in the article buffer

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 00:01:13 +0200 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote: 

>> I know the widths in the html might end up asking for that, or even
>> demanding it, but it's hard to read hscrolling across and back all the
>> time.  If columns are flowed text you'd much prefer to fit them in the
>> screen (as long as it left a tolerably sensible amount for each).

LMI> Of course.  But that's often not possible with deeply nested tables.

I hate to even say this, but...

Consider using SVG to render the tables.  It's scalable (including the
fonts) so the image will look good at any resolution (if the pixel count
allows it).  It's really easy to insert PNG and JPEG images too.  See
this for some good examples:

http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/resources/svgprimer.html

That won't allow links inside the SVG image, though, because the
interface with librsvg is one-way (web browsers can do more).  So maybe
use SVG for each table cell without links if links are a requirement.

I personally would be happy with cell contents that cut off whatever did
not fit (with ... to indicate it).

Ted